Waxing
Gibbous ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 87% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 87% and growing larger. The 11 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 4 days on 22 January 2067 at 06:17.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the afternoon and sets after midnight to early morning. It is visible to the southeast in early evening and it is up for most of the night.
Moon in ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠24° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1779"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1779" and ∠1949".
Wolf Moon after 3 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2067 after 3 days on 30 January 2067 at 10:29.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 30 January 2067 at 10:29
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 7 February 2067 at 06:14
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 13 February 2067 at 21:57
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 20 February 2067 at 23:30
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 829 / 1782
The Moon is 11 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 829 of Meeus index or 1782 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
Length of current 829 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 40 minutes. It is 9 minutes longer than next lunation 830 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 4 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 5 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠2.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠2.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠18.4°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of perigee on 15 January 2067 at 07:56 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 28 January 2067 at 14:45 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 402 806 km
Moon is 402 806 km (250 292 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 2 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 278 km (252 449 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♊ Gemini at 22:59 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet ascending node on 10 February 2067 at 02:51 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the middle to the last part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 00:50 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠23.887°. This is the year's northernmost lunar standstill of 2067. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-23.790° in its southern standstill point on 9 February 2067 at 10:40 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 30 January 2067 at 10:29 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.